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Farming & the land, 1879

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Wool, Stock, and Station Reports. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1879 · page 2

Messrs. HARRISON, JONES, AND DEVLIN report:—Stations.—But little business doing, owing to unsatisfactory state of money market. Fat Cattle.—On Monday there was an unusually large supply forward,…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 April 1879 · page 5

Messrs. Tinker and Davey, of Dora Dora, have sold 2000 ewes and wethers near Hay. Messrs. W., M., and L., agents. Messrs. Maquire and Co., of Gorranawa…

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Orange Pastoral & Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 April 1879 · page 3

THE annual show of the Orange Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Wednesday on the new ground. The weather was fine and the attendance…

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Melbourne Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1879 · page 2

MESSRS. R. GOLDSUROUGH AND CO. report:—Wool. —There is very little business doing, the quantity coming forward being limited, and confined chiefly to fellmongers' sorts. Prices remain about the same…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1879 · page 2

Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co. to the ADVERTISER. Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze and Co., under date London, April 17, report:—The next…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1879 · page 3

Mr. Francis Jenkins' of Buckingbong roan Cow Countess 6th (imp.), dropped a splendid pure white heifer calf to Fairy Prince, on the lst of April…

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Wool, Stock, and Station Reports. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1879 · page 2

Messrs. MoRT AND CO. report.—Wool.—The sales this week passed off quietly, with prices much the same as those recently reported. The supply of new wools is very limited, the principal parcels now available…

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Fluke in Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 2

THE rapidity with which the disease popularly known as fluke in sheep was disseminated throughout such a large portion of Victoria led many people…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 30 April 1879 · page 3

Our usual Sydney wool and produce reports for last week have not yet come to hand. The pure-bred Hereford bull Connaught,…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1879 · page 3

(The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency emplyoed in each transaction reported in this column.) Mr. A. G. Jones, we are informed by the…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 May 1879 · page 4

At a public auction, on Wednesday, Mr. Bolton offered for sale the stock, in the Wantabadgery estate, of the late Mr. W. O. Windeyer. There was a good attendance of…

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Melbourne Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1879 · page 2

MESSRS. R. GOLDSBROUGH AND Co. report:—Wool. —We held a small auction to-day, and sold 215 bales at about similar rates to those lately ruling, any alteration in value being in favour of buyers. The…

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Farming on a Large Scale

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 May 1879 · page 2

THE Missouri Republican gives the following account of some rather extensive farming operations in Minnesota and Dakota. Fargo, D.T., August 23.—The "Grandin…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1879 · page 3

Mr. A. G. Jones, of Bogo Bogolong, has sold 7162 mixed weaners to Messrs. McKay and M'Phail, Lower Lachlan. These sheep are represented to be a superior flock of young…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 7 May 1879 · page 3

Messrs. Brown and Seward, of Echuca, report sale of a draft of fat bullocks for W. R. Virgoe, of Mathoura, to W. Ford, of Echuca. Mr. James Mann and Co. report sale of a…

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Wool Awards

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 7 May 1879 · page 3

THE following are the reports of the judges on the wool of New South Wales exhibited at Philadelphia:— 284. F. R. White, Blandford. Commended…

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Wool, Stock, and Station Reports. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1879 · page 2

Messrs. MORT AND CO. report.—Wool.—No attractive lots were offered this week, and the prices realised do not afford much test of the condition of the market. The arrivals have fallen off so much…

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Exhaustion of Farm Soil by Growing Wheat and Corn

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1879 · page 3

The best uses of wheat straw have been investigated scientifically by Mr. Lawes. The whole matter turns of course on the proportionate value of straw for bedding stock, and…

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Increasing the Wheat Yield by Manuring the Seed Itself

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1879 · page 3

From Mr. Joseph Fleming, of Adelaide, we (Melbourne 'Australasian') have received copies of a circular describing a method of manuring seed wheat, barley, cats, peas, beans, and…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 4

(The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency emplyoed in each transaction reported in this column.) The Hay Steam Navigation Company have…

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